Cloth-holder



(No Model.)

G. MGG. MORRIS. CLOTH HOLDER, No. 479,914. Patented Aug, 2, 1892.

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GEORGE MCG. MORRIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CLOTH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,914, dated August2, 1892.

Application filed December 26,1891. Serial No. 416,149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

l 3e it known that I, GEORGE MoG. MORRIS, a c1t1zen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oincinnati, Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Cloth-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to cloth-holders for towels or similar articles,its object being to produce a simple, inexpensive, and efficient devicefor the purpose of holding a clothsuch as a towel, wash-rag, napkin,garment, or other article of this nature either as a temporary orpermanent support upon a wall, counter, or otherwise.

The ordinary appliances for holding handtowels, for example, are incertain respects lnconvenient and inefficient. For instance, thesimplenail or hook in the wall or a bar pro ecting from a towel-rack requiresthat the towel shall be hung over the same engaged therewith in someway, as by a loop. In any case the holding is insecure and frequentlydamaging to the article, which is liable to tear. Moreover, the holdingis liable to be displaced by the wind or by careless handling, besidesbeing unsightly. Jaw clamping devices are also troublesome tomanipulate, and their springs wear out and become lost, &c. Besides theyare liable to tear the article by their sharp, jagged, or dentateholding-surfaces.

This improvement furnishes a means of holding the towel or article atonce simple, secure, stronger, (in respect to the holding-surface uponthe towel itself,) easily applied, and applicable to a wide range ofusefulness.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation complete;Fig. 3, a detail view showing the button engaging a towel and suspendingit upon a wire loop, and Fig. 4a modification showing the engaging-loopformed as part of the retaining-plate.

Referring now to the drawings, A designates a wall plate or bracketadapted to be secured to a wall, counter, or other surface by screws ornails 3, passing through suitable apertures in the plate. In thefirst-shown embodiment of the invention two projections a a are carriedupon the plate and pierced laterally for the engagement of a U-shapedwire loop 10, whose ends are turned outward and inserted throughapertures of the projections outwardly. The wire loop w hangs downwardlyfrom its pivotal support in parallel lines, uniting below, and at amid-point is bent outward at each side in circular form, as shown at d.A button or stud b of the general form shown is suspended by a chain orcord 0 from the plate and completes the device. To engage a towel, aportion of the material is spread across the loop to at the enlargementd and the stud I) pressed against it partially through the enlargementof the loop, carrying part of the fabric through the loop. The button isthen moved downward into the narrow portion of the loop, engaging itsfront and rear heads between the parallel sides of the loop with thefabric interposed. The position of the button in relation to the wire isindicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and in the latter figure theengaged fabricis shown. The frictional holding of the fabric thus engaged is verystrong and cannot be displaced, except by moving the button back againto the enlargement (Z, when it readily comes out and releases thematerial. It will be seen that a comparatively large surface of thematerial is engaged, so that the holding strain is widely distributed.

The device also forms a very efiicient clothes-holder. For heavy clothesa small piece of cloth sewed in place of the ordinary tape-loopfurnishes a convenient means of engagement.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the plate A is cast or stamped witha forwardly-projecting pocket having a vertical slot at the front closedbelow and open above, which forms a substitute for the wire loop. firstdescribed. The function being obviously the same as already describedrequires no further detail.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States- In acloth-holder, the combination of aplate or bracketprovided with screw-holes for attachment to a wall, counter, or otherpermanent support and with lugs projecting from its face, a wire loophaving a lower bight with parallel sides opening into an enlargement andhaving its free ends turned oppositely outward, engaging pivotally inthe lugs and In testimony whereof I have hereunto set retained by theoutward spring of the Wire, a my hand in the presence of two subscribing1o grooved button adapted to enter the enlarge witnesses.

ment of the 100 and ass downward into the 1 lower bight and engage theparallel sides by GEORGE MORRIS means of its groove, and a flexible cordor \Vitnesses:

chain connecting the button with the support- L. M. IIOSEA,

ing-braoket, substantially as set forth. 1 E. IIOSEA.

